The article notes that Firefox currently lags in the business space but it does report recent progress: the number of companies with more than 200 employees allowing Firefox on their desktops has grown from 26% in 2005 to 44% this year, according to JupiterResearch.

The story also looks ahead to future versions of the two browsers. A May release date is cited for Firefox 3 and the report repeats Microsoft's claim that IE will receive an update within eighteen months.

On Tuesday, the day after the cover story hit the Web, InformationWeek published excerpts from Blake Ross's responses to an email interview for the article (very few direct quotations from Blake made it into the final piece). The commentary notes that "Ross doesn't shy away from speaking his mind and always has something insightful to say." Thanks to roseman for the link.

Earlier this week, Blake posted a longer version of his email correspondence with InformationWeek on his BlakeRoss.com weblog, though he has since removed this post. When he originally published the email exchange, Blake said it was because the cover story "misrepresents [his] position". The comments that Blake emailed to InformationWeek but which the magazine did not choose to publish on its website mostly revolve around Blake's criticism of the article's focus on the battle between Microsoft and Mozilla, which Blake sees as relatively unimportant due to the Mozilla Foundation's non-profit status and lack of pressure to meet commercial goals.